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• Social Workers Join GPs in Unique Collaboration
  The Royal College of General Practitioners and The College of Social Work (TCSW) have announced a unique partnership that will encourage closer links between health and social care to improve and integrate care and services for patients.
• Hunt Set to Reform Primary Care
  The BMA have welcomed many of Jeremy Hunt’s proposed changes to general practice.
• MDU: Every Member of Team has Individual Responsibility for Decisions
  The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has warned that all doctors taking part in a patient’s care could be investigated by the GMC if anything goes wrong.
NHS 111 Roll-Out Delayed in Leicestershire
The three CCGs in Leicestershire have decided not to launch the NHS 111 phone line next month as previously planned.

Practices Targeted by HMRC Postal Scam
Londonwide LMCs have issued a security alert over a scam which has been sent to some practices.

Practices to Receive 14p per Patient with Access to Online Services
NHS England has released the details of four new enhanced services for practices to sign up to, and four continuing DESs that have “rolled over” from 2013/14.

GPs have “Ethical Duty” to Tell Patients if Something Goes Wrong
GPs have “Ethical Duty” to Tell Patients if Something Goes Wrong

“Inappropriate” to Charge Patients for Missing Appointments
BMA Wales has dismissed plans to introduce charges for people who miss GP appointments in Wales, arguing that it would cause too much extra work for GPs.

NHS 111 Performance "still Unacceptable” in Some Areas
NHS England has admitted that the implementation of NHS 111 has been poor in some areas and has established an eternal review into why there were so many issues.